INC NEWS - More on State recognition for Royal Ice Cream marker (WNCU Radio, Herald-Sun)

[John Schelp]

folks,

Tune in to 90.7 FM on Saturday morning for an
interview with R Kelly Bryant and Eddie Davis on
efforts to secure State recognition for the 1957 Royal
Ice Cream sit-in. (11:30 AM on WNCU-90.7)

Below is information on Pat Murray's radio show, as
well as more coverage in Tuesday's Herald-Sun.

best,
John

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DURHAM SKYWRITER
Saturday  11:30 AM
WNCU Radio 90.7 FM
Patricia A. Murray  

We still maintain a 30-minute community magazine
called The Durham Skywriter is a 30 minute community
magazine show. The goal of the program is to connect
the listeners in Durham and its surrounding area to
community service agencies and civic organizations in
the region. Patricia Murray hosts the Durham
Skywriter. It airs Saturday mornings at 11:30.
 
source: http://web.nccu.edu/campus/wncu/

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Board of County Commissioners supports state marker
efforts 
By Carolyn Rickard, Herald-Sun, 4 Dec 2007

...In other business, the Board of County
Commissioners approved a resolution supporting a move
to place a historic marker on the site of the Royal
Ice Cream Parlor sit-in. 

A state committee has turned down requests for a
marker at the site, at the corner of Dowd and North
Roxboro streets, at least four other times. A local
citizen group plans to appeal that decision this
month. The group has garnered support from the
commissioners, the Board of Education and the Durham
City Council in an attempt to sway the state
committee. 

Some 1,500 markers have been erected across the state,
with 10 to 12 added each year. 

On June 23, 1957, seven black citizens walked into the
Royal Ice Cream Parlor and sat in the white section.
They were arrested. Though it's unclear whether it was
the first such sit-in, it is credited as one of the
precursors of the modern Civil Rights movement in
North Carolina.